Neko Case
Neko Case’s solo career began at the height of the late ‘90s alt-country frenzy, and clearly owed much to the traditional country & western she was openly enamored with. But her diverse and sophisticated songwriting skills, as well as a power-house voice equally skilled at heart-rending fragility, quickly made it clear she would transcend simplistic categorization. Other female alt-country singers may have been content aping classic country or adding ironic twists to the form, but Case took its inherent melancholy and transplanted it squarely in the modern era, proving that loneliness, transience and the search for meaning weren’t the exclusive purview of any one musical niche or era.
Often peripatetic after her 1970 birth in Virginia,... Read More
- City Of Origin:
- Alexandria, Virginia, United States
- Genre:
- Rock, Country Rock, Americana, Country
- Birthdate:
- 09/08/1970
